Four activities

Four activities (Sk. caturkarman, Tib. ལས་བཞི་, Wyl.las bzhi) — the four activities of pacifying, enriching, magnetizing, and subjugating are presented in the Buddhist tantras as a classification for the rituals, based on the goal of the ritual. They are thus practised as part of the deity yoga of the inner or higher tantras. Practitioners visualize themselves in the form of the deity and train in: